Railway-crossing.



No. 632,992. Patented Sept. I2,. I899. H. ELLIOT.

RAILWAY CROSSING.

(Application filed Feb. 9, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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HENRY ELLIOT, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

RAILWAY-CROSSING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 632,992, dated September 12, 1899.

Application filed February 9, 1899. Serial No. 705,030. No model.)

T0 (1, whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY ELLIOT, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railway-Crossings, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to construct a crossing that will avoid the pounding of the wheels as they pass over the spaces in the crossing that exist for the purpose of allowing the flanges of the wheels on the cross-track to pass.

My invention, broadly stated, consists in locating spring-supported pins or blocks in the spaces traversed by the flanges of the wheels,so that as the car passes over the crossing the flanges of the wheels ride on the pins or blocks at the time that the treads of the wheels are crossing over the spaces.

My invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a plan view illustrative of my invention. Fig. II is a detail perspective view. Fig. III is a detail horizontal section taken through the web of the rails. Fig. IV is a detail vertical section.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the rails of a track, and 2 the rails of a crossingtrack. As ordinarily made, the crossingis provided with. spaces 3 to permit the flanges of the wheels on one track to pass the heads of the rails of the crossing-track without contacting therewith, and as the wheels pass these spaces their treads deeend into the spaces and, striking the heads of the crossing-rails, produce an objectionable pounding effect and a corresponding jolting of the car-body. To avoid this pounding action, I locate at the intersection of the crossing-rails at the spaces a pin or block 4:, that extends down through the upper and lower flanges 5 of the rails and is supported by a spring 6, located in a socket formed in a block 7, bolted to the lowerflanges or bases of the rails, as shown in the drawings. The lower end of the pin or block rests on a follower 8, that is supported by the spring 6,

and forms the direct bearing for the pin or block. The uppcrend of the follower bears against the base of the rails, and the parts are so constructed that when the block 7 is bolted up against the rails the spring 6 is brought under tension and is capable of supporting a considerable amount of weight before allowing the pin to yield to the weight.

As stated, the pin or block passes down through the upper and lower flanges of the rails, and to further supportit an angular fishplate 9 is employed, which is notched at 10, Fig. III, to receive the bolt, this fish-plate being bolted to the webs of the rails, as shown, thus forming a bearing for the pin or block between the upper and lower flanges of the rails. The fish-plate is provided with a web or flange 11, to which the block 7 is bolted.

12 represents angular fish-plates, by which the webs of the rails are connected together on the three sides not having the spring pin or bolt.

13 represents plates bolted to the block 7, and the inner ends of which are shaped to fit over the bases of the rails outside of the fishplates 12.

The pin or block 4 is designed to be made of hardened steel, and its inner end projects above the upper faces of the flanges 5, as shown in the drawings, so that as the wheels of a car are passing over the spaces 3 the flanges of the wheels ride on the pin or block, as illustrated by dotted lines, Fig. IV, the spring 6 yielding slightly to the weight, so as to avoid raising the car-trucks as they pass 7 over the crossing, and thus the treads of the wheels do not pound on the rails on the far sides of the spaces 3. It willbe observed that the pins or blocks serve to receive the flanges of the Wheels of a car passing over both of the tracks.

If desired, the socket- 14, in which the spring 6 rests, may be filled with oil or other liquid or some other substance, such as hair, to prevent it from receiving any dirt or Water that might pass down along the sides of the pin of block 4.

While I have shown my invention as applied to the crossing of street-car tracks, it may be applied with equal advantage to the crossing of steam-railway tracks.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a railway-crossing, a spring-supported block or pin located in line with the spaces between the heads of the rails, the spring being located beneath the base of the rails; substantially as set forth.

2. In a railway-crossing, a spring-so pported block or pin located in line with the spaces between the heads of the rails; the block or pin being of a width approximately equal to the spaces in the heads of the rails that permit the flanges of the wheels to pass; substantially as described.

3. In a railway-crossing, the combination of pins or blocks located in line with the spaces between the heads of the rails, a follower against which the lower end of the pin or block bears, and a spring supporting the follower, substantially as set forth.

4. In a railwayorossing, the combination of a pin, located in line with the spaces between-the heads of the rails, a follower upon which the pin rests, a spring supporting the follower, and a block in which the spring is located and which is bolted to the bases of the rails, substantially as set forth.

5. In a railway-crossing, the combination of a spring-supported pin or block located in line with the spaces between the heads of the rails, and an angular fish-plate formed to receive the pin or block and which is bolted to the webs of the rails, substantially as set forth.

HENRY ELLIOT.

In presence of- E. S. KNIGHT, STANLEY STONER. 

